One killed, 3 injured as military personnel, traders clash at Ladipo market
Shattered vehicles SPORADIC gunshots rented Ladipo International Market, in Mushin area of Lagos, yesterday, during a violent clash between a team of Air Force personnel attached to one of the security squads known as OP MESA and traders. One person was shot dead while doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, were still battling to save the life of three others at press time. Scores of traders sustained varying degrees of injuries while their vehicles were riddled with bullets. How the clash started There were different accounts as to how the trouble started. A version of the account said a man who was clad in a white shirt on a tracksuit went to the Aguiyi Ironsi International Market Traders Association Task Force wing, at about 11 am, demanding to see the chairman. The visitor, who was said to have refused to state the reason for his visit, was taken to the Public Complaint Committee head, who thereafter, took him to the association’s chairman, Mr Emmanuel Mbamara, w...